phillips just drills one off matt cain, 2-1 shot. reds up 2. it gets worse for matt n the fourth jay bruce goes deep. he lasted five, not what you are used to with your ace. giants finally get on the board in the sixth. buster posey, see ya. solo shot off matt latos. fast forward to the ninth. two men on, the tieing run at the plate. but chap manfro, 100-mile high heat. reds take game one 5-2. game 2 at 6:0. well, the amazing a's in detroit for game one of the alcs and hit a little speed bump known as justin verlander. capacity crowd. coco crisp leads off the game with a homer to right. first of the postseason. the a's up 1-1 in a flash. but verlander settled down. seven innings, one run allowed. cliff pennington one of his strikeout victims. move to the third. big play, two out, barry, a little tapper. they tried to gloves to it and it backfired. infante course from second. 2-1. and bottom of five. he makes him pay. solo shot, 3-1, detroit. parker 6 innings, 3 runs, 5 strikeouts. detroit wins 3-1. they lead 1-0. game two this morning at 9:00 a